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    Mercel's Bake Shop

    3.2 (53 reviews)
    ModerateFilipino
    Open 10:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    Divey
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    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Mango Juice
    Samantha L.

    Okay my bestie is Filipino and this was my second time having Filipino food and first time having the breakfast - and wow okay tiny little market that happens to serve fire food?!!?! GO OFF. It really is a bake shop/oriental store/mini restaurant. It's super authentic so you walk in and you don't get greeted or even see a person for the longest time but once you get your order taken and start getting your food you'll forget what even happened. We grab some drinks from the mini fridge and sat ourselves. We had mango juice and it was really good - I deff want to make a section in my fridge for these juices! And then we both ordered Da-Long-Tocilog Combo which is a breakfast platter that included daing na bangus (pickled boneless fish), tocino (cured pork meat), longganisa (Filipino sausage), fried egg and the rice. WOW! This is a breakfast platter I did not know I needed. My favorite was the longganisa I definitely find myself craving this breakfast often - everything was so flavorful and perfect portioned. Recommend!

    Fresh roll
    Dorene M.

    So this was an interesting place. The surroundings are a bit messy and unorganized. If you can look past that you'll enjoy the food. The restaurant is pretty small, 3 or 4 booths and a couple of tables. The also have a Filipinio grocery store and bakery but I'm not sure what items the bake, I didn't see a menu. So the service is so so but the food was really good. I had the fresh spring roll and chicken curry. My friends had dumplings, fried spring roll, a noodle dish and some type of fish soup. The fresh roll was my least favorite item, it had a soggy spongy texture that I couldn't get past, my friends didn't mind the texture. As for my curry, it had a delicious flavor, great texture, the veggies were cooked just right and flavorful chicken. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed their food. We decided to finish our meal with the Halo Halo dessert. Wow, what an interesting dessert, so many layers. Shaved ice, condensed milk, sweetened corn and beans, jelly pieces, Ice cream and some purple yummy thing. What a way to end our meal, most of it I loved but the corn threw me off a bit..lol I'll be back and I might try the dessert again but maybe ask uf they'll hold the corn.

    Binagoongang Baboy - pork with shrimp paste.
    Boon C.

    I would said this is the best Philippino restaurant in the Bay Area. It is a mix with grocery store and the restaurant. I can see the problem of this restaurant is the response time to the customer. We sit down for 10 minutes before anyone come to ask what I need. In fact, there was no one out at the front for good 10 minutes. We help ourself for the menu. We got our orders immediately once we have someone come to our table. The food came out very quick. We order the Binagoongang Baboy - pork with shrimp paste. It you are not use to shrimp paste do not try this dish. I like this dish since the pork are well braise and soft. If they cook this dish with hot chili, it will be much better. Our second dish is the most popular dish of the restaurant. It is Da-Long-Tocilog combo. It is a breakfast dish that serve all day. It has fried pickle fish, cure pork meat, pork sausage serve with garlic fried rice and fried egg. This is a very good dish. The food is 4 stars, but the service and attentive of the store front is 2.5 stars. So 3 stars for the restaurant. Do I come back. Yes, for the combo breakfast dish that was not serve else where. It has better menu compare to the Bay Area Philippino food restaurants.

    Ube Cake Roll
    Jacqueline K.

    Wow I could not be any happier with this cake I bought! Absolute perfection - perfectly sweet, creamy, and light. And soooo cute! I will continue to come here again and again. Found my perfect little bakery

    Framed menu
    Mark A.

    Small lola and lolo shop with some baked goods on display for sale in the front. They have a menu framed on the wall by the tv. There are five tables situated that seat about four people each. It's a little different from what I'm used to - buffet style display of menu items. I arrived first thing in the morning, I think just as the shop tenders just opened the store so I had to wait for my food. I was craving longsilog (filipino breakfast with garlic fried rice, fried egg and longganisa - filipino sausage). The meal came with tocino (cured pork) and fried bangus on top of the longsilog. That was a nice addition. :) Though, I'm not a huge fan of bangus and mama sita's makes better tocino IMO. The garlic fried rice didn't quite please me. Sorry Mercel's. Maybe you should stick to bakery items which I'm yet to try my brazo de mercedes.

    Selection of pastries
    Michael C.

    Located in a non discreet plaza. At first I was pretty excited to see a Filipino bake shop, but...less excited when I actually went inside. The interior isn't welcoming at all even by older oriental supermarket standards. They have some seating available if you wish to dine in and try some of their Filipino dishes. The dishes are authentic, however, they are on the pricier side for Filipino food. The baked goods are also pretty mediocre in my opinion - not fresh at all and heavy on the sweets. Overall it's nice to see some Filipino stores around, but what we definitely need is a place that does both good food and sells a nice assortment of Filipino goods. For food I prefer the smaller Tindahang Pinoy which is just down the street and also in a non discreet plaza. The food is cheaper there but definitely smaller portions. This store definitely has more goods overall, but you'll probably have to search around several stores to get all of your necessary Filipino goodies.

    Whoever cooked this Lechon fell asleep!
    Joanna T.

    Don't order Lechon here!! We got a pig that was too small looks like 25lbs suppose to get 35-40lbs. The skin was burnt and not crispy! Worst Lechon we have ever seen! Not worth the money!

    Right side upon entry... you can see a few of the dining booths and the little televisions at each one.
    Pyra-Danny S.

    Lots of odds at ends here. Feels like a family suddenly decided to fill a market gap. Difficult to rate. COMFORT FOOD While the food won't explode your mind--holy crap why didn't I think of this before??--it definitely tastes like down-home-cooking comfort food that somehow still doesn't taste as good as your mom's. Even if you're not familiar with Filipino cuisine. There's something simple about the flavors and presentation with the Sisig, Halo Halo, Adobe, Fried Chicken etc etc. It tastes like a kitchen of Filipino Grandmas and Moms were gossiping with each other while prepping your food. STRANGE SURROUNDINGS Located in a small, easily forgettable plaza at least Mercel's is cleaner inside than how it looks outside. But even inside it feels like a mish-mash--which I guess is part of its charm and makes it feel more like a family trying to help a community. To one side are three small booths and a few tables for those who want to order from the small kitchen. There are two very small areas (small enough to fit my bathroom) stuffed with Filipino-specific groceries. Normally between the entrance and the counter to order are handfuls of large boxes dropped off by the community for the owners of Mercels to deliver to families in the Philippines. FAMILIAR SERVICE And the service is familial as well--it can be insanely sweet and aim to please or sometimes forgetful if they get stuck doing another task. Greeting upon entry is not the usual. Normally I only see one person running the whole front area but they have always been kind and apologetic if things get backed up.

    Halo halo
    Elizabeth D.

    Stopped in for some halo halo on a hot day. They were kind enough to let us eat our Chipotle take in the seating area with my doggie too. The halo halo was decent... I didn't think it was worth the $5.50 tag though. I would've given them 3 stars, but before I left, I peeked at the goods in the case and saw mold on the cassava cakes. I know they can't be making everything fresh daily, but please check your inventory! Next time, I'll just go to Regina's.

    Grace H.

    Regardless of the service or the ambience, this restaurant offers some very delicious Filipino dishes! I liked the breakfast combo. It got a fried fish, garlic fried rice and sausage, some fried pork and fried egg. They called it breakfast but they served it whole day. Stew meat dish were also pretty good. This is also the grocery store with Filipino ethnic grocery items. There were many different can food, seasoning packs, frozen Seafood , frozen dessert, snacks, bake goods. If anybody is handy enough to home cook some Filipino dishes, you can get your ingredient here. The service was on the slow side. The sitting area looked clean enough. The pricing was affordable. This is a good place to try the ethnic Filipino food.

    Assorted dessert items
    Genevieve K.

    Tiny Filipino store/bakery/restaurant in a strip plaza. I've ordered the Ube cakes from here for several birthdays, but after receiving spelling or design mistakes on almost every one, we decided to stop coming here for cakes. I do, however love the Cassava dessert that is sold here. It is pricy at almost $8 for a 4inx4in slice. I went to pay and the owner told me that it was cash only. Neither my friend nor I had any cash left over from a day of shopping, so I told her that I didn't have any cash. As we were walking away, she then told us it was a $10 minimum on cards. I would have gladly bought something for an additional $2, but at that point, she had already put the dessert back into the case. I will probably try to find a recipe instead of coming back here, because it was literally the only thing I stopped here for as there is little else. I am all for supporting small business owners, but she doesn't seem to care about repeat customers.

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    Restaurant and store has everything I was looking for. Authentic Filipino food, very good dinuguan and sisig. Good service and prices

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    The food was DELICIOUS! Ordered the pork sisig, bangus, and sinigang. Everything was amazing. One of the best pork sisig's I ever had.

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